Talk:Belief

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Tag Response[edit]

As the author of the current merge will process the requested one in a similar fashion after a due interval. Lycurgus (talk) 23:23, 19 October 2015 (UTC)

Draft of requested merge. Lycurgus (talk) 05:55, 5 November 2015 (UTC)
Merge is complete. I believe the archiving will pick up the merge sources threads even as subthreads, if not will destructure so they're first level. Or not, it's not that big a talk page. Lycurgus (talk) 13:17, 7 November 2015 (UTC)

Systems overview section removed by mobile IP edit[edit]

This was reverted before the merge. Spurious complaint asking for what was in the prior subsection. Lycurgus (talk) 13:06, 7 November 2015 (UTC)

Spurious was wrong, complaint was substantive but action taken was overreaching. Lycurgus (talk) 13:48, 7 November 2015 (UTC)

Etymology of "doctrine"[edit]

Sorry, but the word 'doctrine' derives directly from Latin 'doctrina', related to the verb 'docere' = 'to teach'. It's possibly indirectly related to Greek 'δόξα' if one goes back several thousand years and jumps branches in the Indoeuropean language family, but there's no direct etymological relationship. I suggest removing this sentence or using an English word that does derive from 'δόξα' such as 'orthodoxy'. I've therefore replaced 'doctrine' with 'orthodoxy' in the sentence.Tdbostick (talk) 17:18, 16 March 2016 (UTC)

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Use of the word "truth"[edit]

The word truth is used a number of times. But it is nowhere defined or explained. Just one example is in the diagram at the head of the page. It seems to me that this diagram is meaningless without a definition or explanation of truth. (And knowledge for that matter) I think this constitutes a serious problem with this page. DouglasBell (talk) 16:19, 8 September 2017 (UTC)

Use of the word tenanted[edit]

tenanted belief systems are difficult for the tenants to completely revise or reject.

I am not familiar with this use of tenanted, but when I search the phrase tenanted belief systems, I see repeated paraphrases of this Wikipedia article. Can a less novel term be substituted? / edg ☺ ☭ 00:43, 27 November 2017 (UTC)

Assumption of empirical epistemology?[edit]

The first sentence of the article, "Belief is the state of mind in which a person thinks something to be the case with or without there being empirical evidence to prove that something is the case with factual certainty." seems to assume a certain, empirical epistemology. This strikes me as biased. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:1700:9580:3FF0:4D00:4183:E29:E7F9 (talk) 14:36, 21 October 2018 (UTC)

Influence by emotions[edit]

Surprised to see article not even mention how emotions influence one's beliefs. Here's one reference[1]. I'll take a stab at writing it one of these days. BecomeFree (talk) 12:13, 27 January 2020 (UTC)

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